Inclusions:Ruby
From The Gemology Project
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Untreated
Apatite in untreated Mogok ruby.
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Apatite in untreated Mogok ruby
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Distorted calcite guest crystals in untreated Mogok ruby
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Rutile silk in untreated Mogok ruby
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Rounded calcite guest crystals with 'treacle' colour swirls in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Growth lines, guest crystals and un-disolved rutile silk in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Treacle colour swirls, growth lines and guest crystals in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Rounded calcite guest crystals in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Unusual acicular guest crystal and small particle inclusions in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Distorted calcite guest crystal in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Guest crystals in un-heated Mogok ruby
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Apatite and calcite guest crystals reflecting within an un-heated Mogok ruby
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Heat treated
Heat treated Mong Hsu ruby
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Partially dissolved rutile silk in heat treated Vietnamese ruby
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Synthetic
Induced liquid inclusions in quench-cracked synthetic flame fusion ruby.
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Curved striae and gas bubbles in synthetic flame fusion ruby
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